[101] Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κληδόνιον πρεσβύτερον ἐπιστολὴ πρώτη
[102] Πρὸς Κληδόνιον πρεσβύτερον ἐπιστολὴ δευτέρα
Ep. XXVII.
You make a joke of it; but I know the danger of an Ozizalean starving when he has taken most pains with his husbandry. There is only this praise to be given them, that even if they die of hunger they smell sweet, and have a gorgeous funeral. How so? Because they are covered with plenty of all sorts of flowers.
[27] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Παίζεις. Ἐγὼ δ' οἶδα τὸν κίνδυνον Ὀζιζαλέως πεινῶντος, ὅταν μάλιστα γεωργήσητε. Ὧν ἓν τοῦτο μόνον ἐπαινετόν, ὅτι κἂν λιμῷ φθαρῶσιν, ἀλλ' εὐωδοῦσι καὶ λαμπρᾶς τυγχάνουσι τῆς ταφῆς. Πῶς; πολλοῖς βάλλονται καὶ ποικίλοις τοῖς ἄνθεσιν.